View Full Version : Question about Coax Monster cables?
Digital_Trans
08-11-08, 05:13 AM
I am going to purchase three brand new monster cable coax cables for my home setup. I would only like to know which coax Monster cable out of the two listed are going to be the best to choose from? I only like to use Monster cable so please let me know which one is better from the two listed. I think option 1 is better then option 2 because it provides more specs. I could be wrong so please advise...thank you!
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9705/mask1kp8.jpghttp://img368.imageshack.us/img368/5327/mask2mw8.jpg
crainger
08-11-08, 07:31 AM
DO NOT BUY MONSTER FOR DIGITAL CABLE.
It's not worth it. With digital cable you are better getting a decent cheap brand. Digital does not suffer from interference. You either get a full signal, or nothing at all. The only reason you get a decent brand it for good fittings and flexibility. Monster is not a good brand, it's a scam.
Ask anyone here, they will say do not buy Monster for digital.
npras42
08-11-08, 07:40 AM
DO NOT BUY MONSTER FOR DIGITAL CABLE.
It's not worth it. With digital cable you are better getting a decent cheap brand. Digital does not suffer from interference. You either get a full signal, or nothing at all. The only reason you get a decent brand it for good fittings and flexibility. Monster is not a good brand, it's a scam.
Ask anyone here, they will say do not buy Monster for digital.
+1
What a complete waste of teh moneh. :p
saturnotaku
08-11-08, 07:52 AM
+1
What a complete waste of teh moneh. :p
With the amount of money he's wasted on computer hardware, we could have cured at least 1 type of cancer.
Digital_Trans
08-11-08, 03:46 PM
Well put! I'm ordering them now....thanks! ;)
crainger
08-11-08, 07:03 PM
Dig_Trans. Everytime someone buys a Monster cable, God kills a Soccer Mom.
You know what... those cables are pretty cheap for a monster cable. I expected them to cost at least twice as much, is monster doing value cables now? :)
nekrosoft13
08-11-08, 09:35 PM
Well put! I'm ordering them now....thanks! ;)
you should just completly block http://www.monstercable.com/ in your router and never go there again.
;)
betterdan
08-11-08, 10:23 PM
Those are coaxial video cables not audio cables
betterdan
08-11-08, 10:24 PM
As everyone has said, Monster cables are way over rated
crainger
08-11-08, 10:28 PM
It's too late dan. He ignored everything we said and ordered them anyway...
betterdan
08-11-08, 11:25 PM
Yea, next time he should go here for cables http://www.monoprice.com/
NaitoSan
08-12-08, 03:56 AM
www.monoprice.com FTW!
nekrosoft13
08-12-08, 08:24 AM
www.monoprice.com FTW!
thanks looks like a great store, nice prices !
betterdan
08-12-08, 08:26 AM
thanks looks like a great store, nice prices !
You're welcome. What? Am I on ignore or something? ;)
betterdan
08-12-08, 08:32 AM
Well then too bad you can't see this...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/betterdan/penn_jillette.gif
nekrosoft13
08-12-08, 08:54 AM
You're welcome. What? Am I on ignore or something? ;)
when i clicked the link, it opened on NaitoSan reply. Didn't scroll up ;)
good site!
Stoneyguy
08-12-08, 08:56 AM
the one on the left looks cooler.
nekrosoft13
08-12-08, 08:57 AM
the one on the left looks cooler.
which one will get you more chicks?
aceflier
08-14-08, 11:13 PM
DO NOT BUY MONSTER FOR DIGITAL CABLE.
It's not worth it. With digital cable you are better getting a decent cheap brand. Digital does not suffer from interference. You either get a full signal, or nothing at all. The only reason you get a decent brand it for good fittings and flexibility. Monster is not a good brand, it's a scam.
Ask anyone here, they will say do not buy Monster for digital.
LOL what the hell? $35 for a 6ft jumper with no snap and seal connector?
Beside the fact that you have either good cable coming into your house or old rg59 unshielded garbage or not you are not going to loose any signal off a 6ft. Jumper.
100ft of rg6 shielded cable loses 6db of signal.
I work for a cable company as a service tech and that cable is no good. Hook up a house with 6 tv's and you may take out a node if you are on cable tv I would not get those.
If I came to your house I would remove those and replace them with our cable and charge you $30 trip charge.
If I were you I would go to my local cable office and ask for a couple jumpers. At least I know we will make them for you on the spot no questions asked and no charge.
Amazes me how uneducated the general public is when it comes to cable connectors/cable.
WHY DOES MY INTRANETZ NOT WORK!?!?!?! Hmmm I wonder why?
crainger
08-15-08, 04:26 AM
wot?
saturnotaku
08-15-08, 10:40 AM
I stopped at a Radio Shack on my way home from a business trip this week. They had a clearance table full of cables, both Monster and otherwise. They had a 6-foot Monster DVI cable. Original price: $99.99. Clearance price: $14.97. I bought it as the price was comparable to TigerDirect or ordering online + shipping. Sad thing is, Radio Shack still almost certainly made a profit on that sale.
PC World, the British equivelent of whoever America's worst IT retailer is, win at this cable mark-up business. They sell a 'premium grade' Belkin USB cable for £40 - about $80 in USD, or about 33% more expensive than the printer you buy before they start pushing the cable to you. Classy.
saturnotaku
08-15-08, 05:22 PM
PC World, the British equivelent of whoever America's worst IT retailer is, win at this cable mark-up business. They sell a 'premium grade' Belkin USB cable for £40 - about $80 in USD, or about 33% more expensive than the printer you buy before they start pushing the cable to you. Classy.
That's how it works. There's little to no profit in bigger ticket electronic items, so they want to you buy accessories and service plans. This is why sites like monoprice.com exist and do extremely well.
Quoth the Homer (Simpson): Extended warranty, how can I lose?
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